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Great Lakes Daily News: 05 January 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Midwest fertilizer use causing Gulf dead zone?
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Farmers and lawn care companies in the Midwest use fertilizer to improve
crops and lawns, which eventually reaches the Gulf of Mexico and may result
in a 'Dead Zone.' Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (1/5)


Landowners and state argue over lake boundaries
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A land war is brewing between environmentalists and landowners along Lake
Erie... and the latest battleground is the Ohio Legislature. Source: Great
Lakes Radio Consortium (1/5)


COMMENTARY: Unbottled water not cheap either
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Area municipalities and their taxpayers face multimillion-dollar well and
pipeline projects to meet residents' demands and fulfill new provincial
rules for more and better water. Source: The London Free Press News (1/5)


Lake St. Clair cleanup nearly complete, but PCB mystery unsolved
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The final step in purging a Lake St. Clair boat canal of PCBs has been
completed under budget and two weeks ahead of schedule, though the source of
the banned industrial chemical hasn't been pinpointed. Source: Booth
Newspapers (1/4)


'Blending' is key to Milwaukee's sewer policy
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A controversial plan for the Milwaukee sewerage district tentatively
endorsed by the EPA would permit the "blending" of partly treated waste
flows with some fully treated effluent before discharging it into Lake
Michigan. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/4)


Property owners bugged by ash borer
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A 10-km swath extending from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie, will become the
front line in a war against the emerald ash borer, an invasive insect
pushing ash trees in parts of Michigan, Ohio and the Windsor area close to
extinction. Source: The London Free Press (1/4)


Ferry officials scrambling to meet deadline
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>From marketing to transportation and beautification to directional signs, a
group of government, tourism promotion and business managers are working on
the details in preparation for the Lake Express Muskegon-to-Milwaukee
service. Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (1/4)


Trash talk growing in Michigan
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While landfills across Michigan take in trash from communities in Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin, the single-biggest amount comes from Toronto,
contributing to a doubling of the state's trash imports since 1999 and
fueling a literal and figurative stink. Source: Chicago Tribune (1/4)


What is fouling the beaches of Huron?
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Health officials in western Ontario have permanently posted five beaches
along 40 kilometres of Lake Huron shoreline as unsafe for swimming due to E.
coli levels well above provincial standards. Source: The Toronto Star (1/3)


Taconite shippers get 10 extra days
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Under a decision announced Wednesday, Great Lakes iron ore carriers are
expected to move about 1 million additional tons of iron ore pellets through
the locks at Sault St. Marie, Mich., during the one-time extension. Source:
Duluth News Tribune (1/1)

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